After the success of Inaugural Shed night, some friends and I are working on booking some more dates into the diary (particularly now GG has bought a shiny new MIG welder we all want to have a go on!). . .
We decided we ought to ‘brand’ the event in some way, so that emails / [...]
Archive for the ‘Visual art’ Category
Shed Night logo
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged bat symbol, brand, Clivey's Shed, logo, shed, steampunk, welding on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Steampunky front door
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged brass, copper, door, front door, lantern, Lille, steampunk on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For what seems like months now, I’ve been repairing/restoring my front door!
As well as being pretty old and tired, it’s also faces directly on to a busy main street so gets lots of wear and tear, traffic soot, general grime etc so tends to get pretty shabby, pretty quickly.
I’m not totally convinced by the colour (to [...]
Copper bowl bird bath
Posted in Visual art, tagged bird bath, copper, copper pipe, garden art, the grove hotel, watford on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had the good fortune to be at The Grove Hotel recently for a friend’s birthday celebrations. Anyone knowing this swanky modern hotel will know that it’s been designed with a large selection of modern art and sculpture as part of its decor – I’ve put a few shots of interesting pieces up on my [...]
Big Saw, Little Saw
Posted in Visual art, tagged garden, garden art, garden ornaments, rust, rusty, saw, saws, sculpture on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a couple of new garden ornaments I’ve just slung together – my usual theme of rusty things stuck on the top of equally rusty poles!
I’ve had these old saws lying around for a while now and had intended to remove the wooden handles, but decided at the last minute I quite liked them left [...]
Handle bargain!
Posted in Visual art, tagged brass, case, handles, steampunk on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I’ve just bought in the sale at my local B+Q DIY Store for 10p – that’s 0.10 of an English pound, people!
Not only were they dirt cheap, but I also thought they would be perfect for my Steampunk Carrying Case project.
I forgot to put anything in there for scale again, but the handles [...]
Work in Progress – The Gate of Confusion!
Posted in Visual art, tagged welding, found items, gate, iron work, iron, garden gate on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here are some shots of a piece I’ve been working on for ages now… the name speaks for itself I reckon!
It’s a gate, specifically designed to act as a secondary barrier into my garden. It’s made entirely from found items of metal, welded into a hopefully attractive and unusual pattern. All the bits are scrap/found, [...]
Bizarre lantern find. . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged found items, lamp, lantern, lighting, skip, steampunk on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I dragged out of a local skip yesterday!
I’ve no idea what it is – it looks like a recessed lantern but has a ‘bulb’ of the heat-ray type? Clearly it’s pretty ancient – I considered wiring it to the mains to see if it still works but decided against it on a health [...]
Great bit of ‘copper-based’ advertising!
Posted in Design/Creative, Steampunk, tagged deodorants, steampunk on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has anyone seen the new ‘Sure for Women’ ad currently showing in ads, mags and on bill boards all over the UK at the mo:
With my predilection for all things copper (particularly things made out of coins!) I just thought this was a very clever bit of photography/Photoshopping/advertising. . .
Steampunk Deodorants – whatever next…!?
Steampunk Works In Progress (WIPs). . .
Posted in Steampunk, Visual art, tagged brass, carry case, copper, found art, lamps, recycled, steam punk, steampunk, tap on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Someone wrote to me a little while ago and asked, in no uncertain terms, why I’d not made/posted any steampunky things lately!?
I’ve actually been working really hard on several items but (as anyone who makes these things will tell you!) they often take quite a long time to build, particularly when there is a high [...]
Porthole update
Posted in Steampunk, Stuff, tagged porthole, steampunk on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick shot of my new ‘porthole’, but following some judicious cleaning and polishing. . . I’ve still no idea what it is / what to do with it, but it now looks so lovely and shiny that it may well just remain on show as a bizarre talking-point / ornament.
p>(I also remembered to [...]
